Three-day Edenville, MI music festival StereoTerra will rock the Michigan electronic, bluegrass, and music-loving collective August 16 through 19.

StereoTerra's lineup brings together talent spanning the United States, Canada and even Australia - LoBounce and Gold Motel from Chicago; The Spring Standards, Mieka Pauley and Bad Buka from New York; California-based EOTO and Michal Menart; and Toronto's Torro Torro - to name a few.

More than one third of the 57-act lineup, however, maintains Michigan - and mainly Metro Detroit - roots.

Below, Detroit Independent offers a primer on Detroit's performers, with a few Michigan-based artists sprinkled in.

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The Muggs: Power-rock trio from Detroit, and no stranger to the stage, The Muggs released their first album in 2005.
Sounds like: Passionate, delicious blues rock
Links: Website | Facebook | Twitter

Freddy Todd: Freddy's a busy guy this summer. Leading up to StereoTerra, the guy will have played sets in California, Colorado, Idaho, New Mexico, and Australia.
Sounds like: Low-end bass, lasers, dubstep
Links: Website | Soundcloud | Facebook | Twitter

K@Dog: Born Grant Jackson, and heavy on the bass, a K@Dog mix is akin to viewing the world with those trippy raver glasses. This is a very good thing.
Sounds like: EDM, dubstep, low-end bass
Links: Facebook

Alec Scarlet: Self-described as "Creepy House," Alec Scarlet is one of Curated Music's go-to DJ's and puts on a great live show to boot.
Sounds like: EDM, effect-heavy, glitchy dubstep
Links: Soundcloud | Facebook | Twitter

GRiZ: At 22, GRiZ (born Grant Kwiecinski) may be young but has already made quite the name for himself in the Detroit and Midwest EDM scene.
Sounds like: Glitch, EDM, synth-heavy beats. Self-described as "Soul, Funk, Glitchy Bass"
Links: Soundcloud | Facebook | Twitter

Ty Beat: True, Ty Beat (Tyler Bennett) may hail from Grand Rapids - but the guy plays so many shows in Detroit that if he's not already been given honorary citizenship he should be.
Sounds like: Your favorite rave
Links: Soundcloud | Facebook

The Boy Wonders: Two guys, based in Detroit, that play rock music and also happen to be superheroes.
Sounds like: Riff-filled garage rock
Links: Facebook | Bandcamp

Gameboi: The youngest of the bunch at 16, Ann Arbor-based Isaac Castor released his first mix tape two years ago, performed on the Vans Warped Tour, and managed to work "shit" into his Facebook profile - as well as a Hall & Oates name drop. Did we mention he's only 16?
Sounds like: rhythmic raps, hook-y beats
Links: Bandcamp | Facebook | Twitter

4/26/2012 - Blur, Gorillaz Not Dead Yet According To Front Man Damon AlbarnEarlier this month, Damon Albarn left Blur and Gorillaz fans despondent by implying both of his beloved projects were dead in an interview with the reputable British newspaper The Guardian. But now he's taking a few steps back from the ledge in a new conversation with the U.K.'s Metro.

4/24/2012 - White To Score Lone RangerAlthough this is White's first score, he's already contributed songs to films, including “Another Way to Dieâ€ in the James Bond film Quantum of Solace and several tracks to 2003's Cold Mountain.

6/1/2011 - Kids Beware - They Busted Grandma And You COULD Be Next Terrorism? Hooligans? Murders? Gas Station Owners? Don't The Scotts have anything else to do but chase after depressed Grandmas who just wanna rock?

4/8/2011 - 'Upside Down' Set To Be Released On DVD And Features Great SoundtrackOasis, Primal Scream, Super Furry Animals and The Jesus And Mary Chain are among the bands who feature on the soundtrack album of Creation Records documentary Upside Down.

4/8/2011 - Noel Gallagher And Simon Cowell Would Have Made TV Much Less BoringNoel Gallagher has spurned Simon Cowell's offer to join The X Factor judging panel, according to the tabs this morning (April 8).

2/5/2011 - Arctic Monkeys Front Man Set To Release Solo LP The singer has written the soundtrack for Submarine, a Richard Ayoade-directed British film which was recently premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.

10/25/2010 - Beastie Boys Set To Release 'Hot Sauce Committe Part 2'In what can only be described as a bizarre coincidence, following an exhaustive re-sequence marathon, Beastie Boys have verified that their new Hot Sauce Committee Part 2 will be comprised of the same 16 tracks originally slated for inclusion on Hot Sauce Committee Part 1.

7/7/2010 - They're BACK! Gaslight Anthem Return To DetroitDI faves Gashlight Anthem return to Motown with The Hold Steady on July 15th. Both bands will be displaying songs from their new LP's (see if both make it on the top 25 of the first half of 2010 list) and helping you beat the heat at the ultra cool Fillmore of Detroit.

4/2/2010 - Spoon Perfect Tired Rock Band?Spoon is probably the closest thing to a perfect rock band existing in the industry today. Even if they don't take their audience by the hand, they always sound amazing. Their albums are always good, if not great. Their lyrics, instruments and production are beyond reproach every time. We dare you to find a band who has done this, for this long, better than Spoon.

4/1/2010 - Bad News Of The Day: Lady Gaga Plans On Making Music For 30 More Years The singer, who celebrated her birthday with a second week at Number One in the UK singles chart, told fans of her intentions via Twitter.
"I'm 24 today," she posted up on Twitter.com/LadyGaga. "So u know what that means? Let's raise a glass to 30 more years of writing music and videos for my beautiful little monsters."

3/19/2010 - Rock Icon Chilton Passes At 59 I'm not ashamed to admit that I learned about him from Paul Westerberg when I was 16. I imagine a lot of people did. That's what it's all about -- discovering your heroes' heroes, connecting those dots and following the trails ever backwards and sideways, falling in love with things you didn't even know existed. But rarely has a signpost been as direct as the Replacements' 1987 love letter. It was called "Alex Chilton."

3/7/2010 - Sparklehorse Lead Man Commits Suicide The Virginia singer/songwriter died yesterday (March 6), reports Rolling Stone. The details of his death have not been released. Linkous' age was not public, but he is believed to have been in his 40s.

1/1/2010 - Radiohead Detail New LP Plans And 10 Can't Miss Movies At ChristmasRecording set to begin in January and surprisingly none of the albums to watch at Christmas has nothing to do with Christmas.

9/22/2009 - New Soundtrack To Feature songs by Muse, Radiohard, Killers and DCFCRadiohead's Thom Yorke, Muse, The Killers, Death Cab For Cutie and Editors have been confirmed to feature on the soundtrack album for the forthcoming film 'The Twilight Saga: New Moon'.

6/23/2009 - Sunny Day Real Estate Classic Lineup Reunites For TourPioneering Seattle rock band Sunny Day Real Estate will return to the road with its four original members this fall and will reissue its first two Sub Pop albums on Sept. 15. These will be the band's first shows of any kind since November 2000, and the first with its classic lineup since 1998.

6/23/2009 - Kid To Hook Up With Rick Rubin For Next LPKid Rock has shifted gears on his next album, hooking up with producer Rick Rubin and telling Billboard.com that "we won't release anything until we both agree that every song on it is great."

5/9/2009 - Manics Debate Over Releasing Material On New LPManic Street Preachers' bassist Nicky Wire says he tried to convince bandmates James Dean Bradfield and Sean Moore to scrap new album 'Journal For Plague Lovers', which features lyrics written by former bandmate Richey Edwards.

4/18/2009 - Rothbury Is One Of Top Music Festivals According To NewsweekRothbury, which returns July 2-5 to the Double JJ Resort, will feature headliners Bob Dylan, The Dead, Willie Nelson, The Black Crowes and The String Cheese Incident.

4/17/2009 - Spiritualized Landing "Spaceshipp"Spiritualized's Jason Pierce has revealed that he and musician Matthew Shipp, who play together at the London Southbank Centre on Monday (April 20), will resurrect their 2008 album 'Spaceshipp' as the basis of their improvised performance.

4/17/2009 - My Bloody Valentine Set To Undergo ChangesShields says the band - who reformed in 2007 and are currently on a US tour - will be making some big changes after their current shows come to an end.

4/17/2009 - Get Ready For Another Jack White BandJack White's newly-formed band The Dead Weather are set to tour this summer and release new material towards the end of the year, guitarist Dean Fertita has revealed.

3/29/2009 - Wilco Announce New LP And A Colloboration With FeistWilco confirmed rumors that Feist will appear on its next album, a still untitled set due for a late June release on Nonesuch, in a posting today (March 27) on the band's website.

3/23/2009 - New Hendrix Material Set To SurfaceUniversal Music Publishing replaces Sony/ATV Music Publishing, which had administered the Hendrix catalog outside the United States since 1998. The U.S. publishing rights will continue to be handled by Experience Hendrix, the Seattle company formed in 1995 by the guitarist's late father, James "Al" Hendrix, and now headed by Jimi Hendrix's sister Janie Hendrix, who is president/CEO.

3/13/2009 - Incubus To Visit Detroit In July And Release Greatest Hits CollectionIncubus will take stock of its career so far this year with a greatest hits set, "Moments and Melodies," due out June 16 and a seven-week tour kicking off July 9 in San Diego.

3/9/2009 - Is Beatles: Rock Band Too Late? The long-buzzed-about Beatles video game, from the creators of the Rock Band franchise, made news this past week with some pricing details and an official release date. The Beatles: Rock Band, coming September 9, 2009, will be available as a 59 stand-alone game, a 99 bundle with a guitar, and a 249 bundle which also includes a drum kit.

3/8/2009 - Kanye's LP Apparently Did Poorly As There Is No Other Reason To Explain Why He WIll Perform On American Idol Mere minutes after Ryan Seacrest inadvertently suggested that a (female) "American Idol" contestant should stay on her knees for him, the most smarmy man alive mentioned that Kanye West would appear on the most popular TV show in the country next week.

3/7/2009 - Lollapalooza Announces 2009 HeadlinersKings of Leon will be among the headliners of both this year's Lollapalooza and Austin City Limits festivals, sources have confirmed. Depeche Mode, the Beastie Boys, and Jane's Addiction are also playing Lollapalooza, which takes place in Chicago's Grant Park Aug 7-9, the Chicago Tribune reports and Billboard's sources confirm. Both events are produced by Austin, Texas-based C3 Productions.

3/7/2009 - Universal Music Victorious In Trial Involving EminemEminem's record label, Universal Music, has won a jury verdict after being sued for money the rapper's former publishing company, FBT Productions, claimed it owed to the artist.

3/7/2009 - Eminem Announces Release Date For New LP Eminem has confirmed the release date of his long-awaited comeback album 'Relapse' - as well as announcing plans to release a follow-up later this year.

3/7/2009 - U2 Announce A Kiss To The FutureKiss The Future, U2's world tour in support of its new album "No Line on the Horizon," will play stadiums around the world, beginning June 30 in Barcelona, Billboard can exclusively reveal. Details of the tour will be announced March 9.

3/7/2009 - Sublime Perform For First Time With New Singer For months rumors have circulated that Sublime -- the SoCal ska-punk band who found fame after the 1996 death of frontman Bradley Nowell -- would reunite with a new singer. Saturday night at a Nevada Mexican restaurant those rumors became fact when former drummer Bud Gaugh and bassist Eric Wilson were joined by a singer named Rome for a brief set of Sublime classics, including "Wrong" and "What I Got." The trio, who followed Del Mar (Gaugh's other band), also played a new original song.

2/25/2009 - Blink 182 Say "It's Not A Reunion, It's A Continuation. In case you've been living under the world's biggest boulder for the past few weeks, AP has some great news to share with you: After a four-year hiatus, pop-punk kings BLINK-182 have reconvened, with plans for a new album and a summer tour. Alternative Press music editor Scott Heisel recently had the chance to chat with Blink bassist/vocalist MARK HOPPUS about Blink-182's future, what really went on backstage at the Grammys, the status of (+44) and much more.

2/25/2009 - Depeche Mode Offers "iTunes Pass" Leading Up To New LPTo help fans get amped for Depeche Mode's new album Sounds of the Universe, the band has teamed up with Apple to feature the first “iTunes" dedicated to an artist. Starting today, fans can purchase the pass for 19, which will give them access to exclusive songs, remixes, videos and more that's doled out over the course of the weeks leading up to Universe's April 15th release.

2/25/2009 - What The Music World Needs Is More LohanCould Lily Allen and Lindsay Lohan be the new Paris and Nicole or, er, Paris and Paul McCartney? What we mean is, they're totally BFF and they're totally gonna sing about it.

2/25/2009 - Spin Offers Review Of New Green Day LP Coming In MayGreen Day's 21st Century Breakdown, one of 2009's most-anticipated records, releases in May. Yesterday, reps from the band's label, Warner Bros., swung by SPIN's lower Manhattan office to play us six of the album's 16 tracks and feed us a bucket of fried chicken.

2/25/2009 - Stephen Page Leaves The Barenaked LadiesThe news comes several months after drug charges against Page were dropped in the U.S. His arrest came after the band, known for its clean-cut image and whimsical lyrics, released an album of children's songs titled, "Snacktime."

2/25/2009 - J Mascis' Hair Looks Ridiculous But Dino Jr. Still Set To Reunite And TourReunited proto-grunge heroes Dinosaur Jr. have announced a 28-date spring tour, set to kick off April 1 in Milford, CT. The band -- whose original lineup reunited in 2007 for its first album in 18 years, Beyond -- will hit venues across the Eastern Seaboard and Southeast before wrapping May 2 in Baltimore, MD.

2/11/2009 - Record Deal - Fat Possum And Hi Records Means More Al Green For YouA Grammy nomination, a suberp Grammy performance and now classic LP's re-issued. 2009 is the year the youth get to know the Rev. Al Green.

1/24/2009 - Cheated! Most Of The Music For Obama's Inauguration Was TapedSadly you can not add Aretha's performance to that list. The former Detroit legend continues to bring shame upon herself and the city as she struggles through "America The Beautiful".

1/24/2009 - Guy Who Used To Be Cat Stevens Collaborates With Guy Who Used To Work With The BeatlesYusuf Islam, the singer formerly known as Cat Stevens, has collaborated with Beatles associate Klaus Voormann on a cover of George Harrison's 1973 song 'The Day The World Gets 'Round'.

1/24/2009 - California Is Sue Happy And Slash Proves ItA Los Angeles judge ruled today (January 23) that Slash and his wife can proceed with a lawsuit against the brokers who sold them their house because it's not, in their eyes, suitable for parties and regardless whether they are tools or not.

1/24/2009 - The Best Cover Songs Of All TimeIt's the summer of the cover songs, with albums by Mark Ronson, Bryan Ferry and even Poison recording other artists' songs. Then there's "Instant Karma," a benefit album for Darfur, featuring John Lennon classics recorded by wide-ranging artists such as Black Eyed Peas, Big & Rich . . . and Avril Lavigne doing "Imagine" (the horror).

1/24/2009 - Meet 'Dead Man Bones' A Musical NightmareAn Oscar-nominated Hollywood heartthrob and his best friend round up a bunch of instruments-- some of which they don't know how to play-- and a massive children's choir and make a concept album about the supernatural. Seems like a recipe for disaster, right? Guess again.

1/23/2009 - Charges In Noel Gallagher Attack UpgradedGallagher broke several ribs after Daniel Sullivan, 47, ran onstage and pushed the guitarist onto his monitors during Oasis' Virgin Festival gig in Toronto last September. The band were subsequently forced to cancel a number of gigs and promotional plans for new album 'Dig Out Your Soul', in order to allow Gallagher to recover.

1/11/2009 - Apple Announces Variable Track PricingApple always knows how to grab headlines for its sense of theater and savvy in rolling out new products, and the company's last ever MacWorld presentation was no exception. Except in the sense that it was totally an exception, because the big news coming from San Fran is a variable track-pricing model in the iTunes store?

12/18/2008 - Axl Rose Hates Guitar Hero Rose said that he didn't object to former Guns guitarist Slash being involved in the game, but claimed that the songs 'Welcome To The Jungle' and 'Sweet Child O' Mine' were being used in an "unauthorised" state.

12/18/2008 - Rolling Stone Rolls Out Their Top 50 LPs of 2008Things become a little strange in the top 20, Axl and Lars, but the top spot goes to a band that's been quietly placing high on just about all the year-end lists we've seen so far.

11/27/2008 - The Doctor Fails To Deliver As previously reported here in March Dr Pepper announced it would give a free soft drink to everyone in the United States if Guns N' Roses released their long-awaited 'Chinese Democracy' album this year.

11/13/2008 - Jimmy Eat World Mini Tour Celebrates The 10 Year Anniversity Of ’Clarity’Sadly, once again Detroit has been left off this list. Once a hot bed that no one would skip, economy forces many bands away from Detroit.

11/10/2008 - The Other Side Of The Pond Announces Their Cool In 2008 List Before talking about NME's seventh annual cool list, it's kind of cool to look quickly at the 2007 Top 10 to see who's still ... cool. Lethal Bizzle? Barely. Amy Winehouse? Lucky to be alive. Ditto Keith Richards. Beth Ditto? No. Last year one, two, and three went, respectively, to Gallows' Frank Carter, Klaxons' Jamie Reynolds and CSS's Lovefoxx

10/18/2008 - Eminem Announces New LP - Tour To Follow?Eminem has personally announced that the title of his new album will be 'Relapse', and says it was mostly produced by longtime collaborator Dr. Dre.
The rapper announced the news yesterday (October 15) on his Sirius radio station Shade 45, during a segment which was touted as the 'on air launch party' for his book 'The Way I Am'.

10/18/2008 - No Joke - The Bee Gees Save LivesDoctors in the US have found that the ' disco classic 'Stayin' Alive' could save lives if its beat is followed to perform chest compressions on cardiac arrest victims.

10/18/2008 - Radiohead Download Stats RevealedMuch has been made of "The Radiohead Model," the pay-what-you-want pricetag attached to last year's In Rainbows download. It was a success by most accounts, but not necessarily replicable by a band that's not as established or beloved by the press.

10/18/2008 - Jackopierce Reunites And Will Perform In Ann Arbor on 11/13Twenty
years of anything, especially Jackopierce, an acoustic duo that got its start playing frat-
parties in the late 80's, is hard to believe.

9/6/2008 - Heart Wants Republic To Stop Using 'Barracuda'The band's former guitarist, Roger Fisher told Reuters it was a win-win situation. Heart gets publicity and royalties, while the Republicans benefit from "the ingenious placement of a kick-ass song."

9/5/2008 - Snow Patrol Set To Release New LPGary Lightbody and the men of Snow Patrol have officially wrapped production on their fifth LP, the Jacknife Lee-produced A Hundred Million Suns. They have also officially initiated the publicity sequence for Innovative Album Marketing Strategy Of The Week.

8/10/2008 - Shaft Is Dead! Singer Issac Hayes Passes Away at 65 Soul singer and arranger Isaac Hayes, who won Grammy awards and an Oscar for the theme from the 1971 action film "Shaft," has died, sheriff's officials in Memphis, Tennessee, reported Sunday.

8/2/2008 - Changes Coming Too Late For Tigers After Being Swept By RaysChanges are brewing for the Tigers.
Manager Jim Leyland said prior to Sunday's game that several players who are not performing up to expectations could be replaced if results don't come soon.

8/2/2008 - NME Details 25 Bands That Are making America Cool AgainAs the USA steals itself for a new president this year, it seems the country is also undergoing something of a musical revolution. In its latest issue "We [Love] USA" iconic British music magazine NME, celebrates the 25 American acts who are whipping up a storm on both sides of the Atlantic -- signaling the re-birth of the US music scene!

7/20/2008 - Metallica Reveal New LP Cover And Talk About It Earlier this week, we heard Metallica's new Rick Rubin-produced album will be available for Guitar Hero III the same day it hits stores. If you wanna know what it sounds like, try Google cache. The unpublishing of Death Magnetic buzz is suspect, but you'll be first in line for it anyway.

7/7/2008 - At Mid Year We Look At The 10 Biggest Difference Makers In MusicNo Myspace or Madonna here. American Idol? they haven't been relevant for years. This group is the group to follow if you care about the state of the music business.

7/7/2008 - Rothbury Was A SuccessOrganizers say the Rothbury festival will be back in 2009, and that's hardly a surprise, considering all the feathers the first-time event at the Double JJ Ranch put in its cap over the past four days.

6/28/2008 - Is Rothbury Ready?In this village of 416 residents, centered around a single crossroads with a blinking stoplight, no one knows what to expect when the first-time Rothbury Festival begins Thursday, with big names such as Dave Matthews Band, John Mayer and Modest Mouse.

6/18/2008 - Kid Rock Boycotts Apple ITUNESKid Rock is refusing to allow his songs to be sold through the Apple iTunes download service because he doesn't believe that Apple pay artists enough for their downloads.

6/3/2008 - Steven Tyler Denies Rumors That He Is Back In RehabThe Aerosmith singer, who has been in rehab before, has released a statement saying it's all down to pain from a long-suffering performance related foot injury and not drugs.

2/4/2008 - Arcade Fire's Surprise Super Bowl Appearance May End In Court Arcade Fire and US TV network Fox TV could become involved in a lawsuit, after it is alleged that the network used their music to soundtrack an advert without permission.

1/22/2008 - Disappointed Reigns As Coachella Announces 2008 Lineup rumors of a reformed My Bloody Valentine appearance appear to be just that - rumors. While the lineup is strong it does not include any of the strong rumors, such as Metallica, Led Zeppelin, MBV or Radiohead.

1/21/2008 - Thunderbirds Are Now! To Play SXSW Ferndale's own Thunderbirds Are Now are scheduled to play SXSW on March 14th at 12:00am. They will be featured as a SXSW showcase artist and will be performing on Red Eye Fly.

1/19/2008 - Sex Pistols To Play New Songs For The First Time In Almost 30 YearsPaul Cook hinted that although new material is likely that a new album from the Sex Pistols was unlikely, but they were targeting the festival for the new songs.

1/14/2008 - Sony Bmg to Drop Music Copy ProtectionControversial software encoding in CD's did not allow disc to be copied for any purpose. Sony is now dropping the Protection as a result of serious customer backlash

1/13/2008 - Come On Dre - 400 For Headphones?400 headphones. I hope Monster is writing him a fat check, because they're certainly not going to sell many. Can you say PRICE POINT? You have to spend 400 to get bass? Heck, most people's STEREOS don't cost 400. Never mind their iPods, which they use to listen to music. The only people who can afford these are the boomers, who hate rap.

1/9/2008 - Radiohead To Tour North America - Sadly Detroit Is Not On The Current ListRadiohead have announced they will tour North America in support of their #1 Album 'In Rainbows'. The group which was both heralded and lauded for the initial release of 'In Rainbows' now take the traditional role of supporting the LP.

1/4/2008 - R.E.M. To Play SXSWAlong with R.E.M., the diligent SXSW lineup trackers at austin360.com also list the Kills, Daniel Lanois, Sons & Daughters, Cheveu, and Lightspeed Champion as recently confirmed for the festival. Stay tuned for more comprehensive lineup info as it trickles out. And dude book that hotel room already.

1/4/2008 - Nick Cave Set To Release 14th Album2008 shows no sign of Nick letting up. From behind the moniker of his former band Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds he releases his 14th studio album 'Dig, Lazurus, Dig'. You can go to the website www.nickcaveandthebadseeds.com and download the first single which is the title track to the album.

1/3/2008 - Jay Z To Launch Label With AppleThe rapper left Def Jam as president of the label last month and according to The Boy Genius Report he is going into partnership with the computer company as apparently he "is supposedly totally into the (Apple) business model".

1/2/2008 - Hot Rumor: Kinks To Reunite? Lead singer and guitarist Ray Davies has been hinting at a reunion for some time, and the Daily Mail is reporting that the original line-up intend to reform for a 2008 tour.

1/2/2008 - Smashin Pumpkins 'American Gothic' EP ReleasedJust in case you were trying to come up with a good excuse to buy another copy of the Smashing Pumpkins' Zeitgeist, well, how's about some more bonus material? Today, January 2, Billy the kid and his ragtag crew released American Gothic, a four-song EP, which is available in the U.S. exclusively through iTunes.

1/2/2008 - R.E.M. Prepares New AlbumThe name all but gives it away, but according to Billboard.com, R.E.M.'s forthcoming 14th LP, titled Accelerate, is gonna be fast. The lethargic (read: forgettable) touch of 2004's Around the Sun is nowhere to be found, replaced with what band manager Bertis Downs calls "rockers." Accelerate emerges on Warner Brothers April 1 in North America and the day before in the UK and elsewhere, but a good new R.E.M. LP can't come fast enough.

12/20/2007 - Guardian Polls 9 Experts To Find Out Who Will Be The Next Big Thing In 2008Guardian’s gone and asked nine music on the other side of the Atlantic about the artists most likely to make some noise in ’08, and we’ve assembled ’em here with some illustrative links so you can see what they’re on about.

12/18/2007 - Amy Winehouse ArrestedAmy Winehouse was arrested in London today (December 18).
The singer is currently being held at Shoreditch Police Station in Hackney in connection with the bribery plot for which her husband is currently in prison

12/18/2007 - Von Bondies To Kick Off North American Tour In Ann ArborThe Von Bondies have announced a tour of North America, kicking off in Ann Arbor, MI on January 9.
The band recently completed the recording of their album 'Love, Hate And Then There's You', which will be released next summer.

12/18/2007 - Dan Fogelberg Dies At Age 56Dan Fogelberg wrote about the human condition. In "Same Old Lang Syne" he captured the pain of reconnection and high school romance. I can't think of another number that comes close. I quote the lyrics to myself all the time.

11/30/2007 - A Super Furry Christmas Gift - FREE MP3The package, available to download on December 25, also includes an exclusive b-side and brand new artwork by Japanese artist Keiichi Tanaami, who created the cover art for the song's parent album "Hey Venus!".

11/30/2007 - Queen To Release First New Song In Over 10 YearsThe band, whose lead singer Freddie Mercury died of an AIDS-related illness in 1991, have been in the studio with Paul Rodgers recording "Say It's Not True", their first new song in 10 years.

11/30/2007 - Thriller LP Remixed By Kanye West, Akron and Will i.am To Be Released In FebruaryKanye West, Akon and will.i.am have contributed remixes to the 25th anniversary commemorative issue of Michael Jackson's classic "Thriller" album.

11/26/2007 - Amy Winehouse Continues Her String Of Incredible Eractic, Drunken PerformancesMidway through the performance Winehouse seemed bored and walked offstage, leaving a backing singer to step forward and take vocal duties. She looked unstable throughout the set and at one point her beehive hair extension nearly fell off

11/26/2007 - My Bloody Valentine confirm New LP And Digital ReleaseMy Bloody Valentine will join the former and "do a Radiohead" by releasing their forthcoming LP -- the band's first in over 15 years, digitally via the Internet. "Kevin [Shields, frontman] is getting the band back together and they will go into the studio next month to work on the new record.

11/26/2007 - Bad News If You Live In France or Just another Reason Not To Live In FranceFrance gave us the French Fry, The French Kiss, French Bread and now they give us the France Anti-Downloading Act which basically means if you are caught you could lose your ability to use the internet - forever.

11/26/2007 - On Irish Music, Their Home Town Of Boston And Of Course The Red Sox: Dropkick Murphys Featured on CNNThey broke Celtic Punk with a song on the ’Departed Soundtrack’, now the Dropkick Murphys come to your house.

11/26/2007 - Starbucks And The Music Industry Fearing the latter, under pressure from the street, Starbucks is starting this national TV campaign, its first. Now, not only do we have to see a Starbucks on every corner (to the point it’s a national joke) evidenced in "Best In Show", the company with the arrogant, self-centered customers is going to bang us over the head, telling us how great they are, Compelling us to buy their overpriced products

11/26/2007 - Universal Music CEO Doug Morris Speaks, Recording Industry In Even Deeper Shit Than We ThoughtIs honesty the best policy? Universal CEO speaks out and may have been better off keeping his mouth shut.

11/26/2007 - Kevin DuBrow, Lead Singer Of Quiet Riot Found Dead In His HomeWith His passing, so goes a piece of my youth. Quiet Riot provided us with the classic ’Cum On Feel The Noise’ as well as ’The Wild And The Young’

11/26/2007 - File Under TERRIFIC HAIR BAND News: Extreme To Reform For World Tour And New AlbumExtreme are getting back together for a world tour next year, and are recording a brand new album it is being reported.
The Boston-based metal band responsible for the 1991 acoustic Number One ballad â€™More Than Wordsâ€™ formed in 1985 and the forthcoming album will be the bandâ€™s first in 13 years.

11/26/2007 - Paul McCartney To Record Album With SonThe Beatles legend is collaborating with James - his son with late first wife Linda McCartney - on the LP, and says the experience is "really exciting".

11/21/2007 - It Takes Jared Leto 30 Seconds to Piss Someone OffThere's been ill feelings festering away between Naeem of Spank Rock and emo-king/actor Jared Leto for some time, and it all came to a head at the recent MTV Woodie Awards in Canada when the notoriously capricious Baltimore MC chucked a glass at the 30 Seconds To Mars frontman.

11/21/2007 - Ian Astbury (Cult) Announces They Will Open For Led Zepplin In 2008Zepplin have not yet announced tour, call Cultâ€™s proclaimation premature. Led Zepplin did hint they may unveil unreleased song at London Gig.

11/20/2007 - Pennywise's New LP To Be Given Away For FREE!MySpace is further branching out its business model of promoting music by signing long-running Epitaph act Pennywise to a deal that will put the band's new album in your hands for free. According to AdWeek, in March fans can "go to the MySpace profile of Textango, a mobile music distributor, and add it as a friend, which will allow them to download the entire (Pennywise) album for free."

11/20/2007 - Red Hot Chilli Peppers Sue ShowtimeThe Red Hot Chili Peppers filed suit today against Showtime Networks over a new show called "Californication." In 1999, the band released a hit album with the same name. That album was named one of Rolling Stone's Top 500 Albums of All Time.

11/20/2007 - Metro Times Publishes List Of Top 100 Detroit Songs Of All TimeSadly not 1 SATFA song. We applaud the list, even if we don't agree with every song on it. The Metro Times Puts together a compelling list that will surely evoke discussion among music snobs all over.

11/17/2007 - U2 Releases New Song On Facebook'Wave of Sorrow' a track the band left unfinished 20 years ago but have put together for a new deluxe edition of their 1987 album, has debuted in a short film on the Facebook application iLike. The seven-minute film depicts Bono sitting on a couch as he gives the song's background, sings along to playback, and offers thoughts on the lyrics, both new and old, between verses.

11/17/2007 - Amy Winehouse Is A Great Performer, If 5 Songs Is A Great PerformanceAmy Winehouse took the stage in Birmingham, England last night for the first stop in a 17-date UK tour, and she gave a performance like only she can. And by that, I mean she stumbled around drunk, dropping the microphone, tripping over stage props and cursing at the audience as fans booed and hundreds walked out

11/17/2007 - Mars Volta To Release Online game Through Amazon.comBased on a true story that inspired the album, ’The Bedlam In Goliath’ chronicles The Mars Volta’s time with the ’Soothsayer’ aka the Ouija board owned by vocalist Cedric Bixler-Zavala and its transition from a source of fun on tour to a psycho-spiritual force that almost tore the band apart.

11/17/2007 - Foo Fighters Announce 2008 Tour Dates And Detroit Is On The List! The tour will support the release of the band's sixth album "Echoes Silence Patience And Grace" which was released earlier this year. The Band Is Scheduled in Detroit on January 24th.

11/15/2007 - Blender's Top 100 Indie Albums Of All TimeMumbled lyrics, couldn't-care-less strumming, white dudes in sweaters' "what's not to love about indie rock? Born 25-odd years ago in suburban garages and spread via college radio, it has made distortion into something hummable, boredom into something thrilling and aimlessness into a raison d'etre and these days, thanks to blogs and the fine people at Grey's Anatomy, it's more popular than ever.

11/5/2007 - Most Radiohead Fans Paid Nothing For Last Album Radiohead let its fans decide how much to pay for a digital copy of the band's latest release, "In Rainbows," and more than half of those who downloaded the album chose to pay nothing, according to a study by a consumer research firm.

11/2/2007 - Britney Not Promoting New Album; May Be Afraid Of Toy Duck.Rush and Malloy say that Jive Records must be thrilled with Britney Spears, considering they have stuck by her and spent millions to make her new record, yet she cant be bothered to do any interviews or tour to help promote it

11/2/2007 - Morrissey Signs New Record DealMorrissey is to sign a new record deal imminently, which will see him release a new studio album in 2008 as well as a Greatest Hits set, which will feature two new songs

11/2/2007 - Weezers' Rivers Cuomo Set To Release Solo Album In DecemberCuomo, the bespectacled leader who is often times devastatingly honest and incredible reclusive released the announcement on his blog

11/2/2007 - Vinyl May Be Vinyl Nail In CD's CoffinAs counterintuitive as it may seem in this age of iPods and digital downloads, vinyl -- the favorite physical format of indie music collectors and audiophiles -- is poised to re-enter the mainstream, or at least become a major tributary

10/30/2007 - Oasis Set To Record 7th AlbumOasis will enter London's Abbey Road studios on November 5 to record their seventh album. They have already completed work on two songs set for the album, and have demoed the rest

10/26/2007 - Top 10 Movie Soundtracks of All Time?Vanity Fair went and put together their Top 50 film soundtracks, releasing the top ten choices today -- the rest will be out next month in a one-time magazine, Movies Rock

10/11/2007 - Kanye West And Michael Jackson To Team Up?Kanye West has revealed he is working on a track with Michael Jackson, sparking more rumours that Jackson will be releasing a new album in the near future.

10/11/2007 - Radiohead Flap BeginsRadiohead's much-debated decision to let fans choose what they pay for its new album online is a promotional tactic to boost sales of compact discs, the band's management said yesterday.

8/31/2007 - Flip Flop Tour Lands in The Motor CityThe crowd was anything but quiet during the Kenny Chesney concert on Saturday. 47,000 fans traveled all the way from Ohio to Tennessee. Some of the fans were lucky enough to meet Kenny Chesney ...